Join us virtually or IN-PERSON IN HOUSTON, TX for the 2025 Conference!

2025 Conference Schedule

The 2025 BIPoC Eating Disorders Conference will be Wednesday, July 16, 2025* to Saturday, July 19, 2025 - both in-person in Houston, TX and virtually via CE-Go.

Wednesday, july 16, 2025*

We will host a networking and volunteer experience.

We wanted to be able to give back to the Houston community while many of us are visitors to this city! We will offer our time to do tasks for the food bank together in community. This is a time and space to get to know one another before the official start to the conference.

7:00pm - 9:00pm

A story of recovery and hope from Jay Salazar, plus snacks and drinks!

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Join us at the Houston Food Bank for networking and a volunteer shift!

All events listed on this date are for in-person attendees only. All times are listed in Central Standard Time.

thursday, July 17, 2025

4:45pm to 5:45pm

Break & Visit Sponsors

4:30pm to 4:45pm

with Esther Tambe, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES (she/her)

From Treatment Center to Dialysis Chair: Eating Disorders in Kidney and Diabetes Care

Reclaiming the Black Body

3:30pm to 4:30pm

Break & Visit Sponsor Booths

3:00pm to 3:30pm

Family-Based Treatment for Latinx Families: Core Components, Barriers, and Adaptations

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Break, Visit Sponsors, and Lunch Set-Up

Noon to 12:15pm

with Kyle Woodson, MA, LPC (he/him)

The Adonis Effect: Discussing BIPOC LGBTQ+ Men with Eating Disorders

11:00am to Noon

Break & Visit Sponsor Booths

10:45am to 11:00am

Keynote - Radical Bodies: Collective Liberation and the Power of BIPOC Body Positivity

9:45am to 10:45am

Co-Founders of the BIPoC Eating Disorders Conference

with Whitney Trotter, MS, RDN/LD, RN, RYT (she/her) and Angela Goens, MS, RDN, LD (she/her)

Welcome + Open Notes

9:30am to 9:45am

All times are listed in Central Standard Time.

Desiree Adaway (she/her)

with Alishia McCullough, LCMHC (she/her)

with Louisiana Wermer, LMFT (she/her)

Breakfast & Registration (In-Person Only)

8:45am to 9:30am

Lunch & Equip Panel - How to Support Marginalized Patient Groups in Eating Disorder Care?

12:15pm to 1:30pm

with Makailah (Mak) Dowell (she/her), Alexia Davis (she/her), Natalye Kirkland, LPC, Christina Negrete, MPH, RDN, CDN (she/her/ella), Jamila Kase, LPC (she/her), Veronica Shindo, ASW (she/her)

Movement Break with Leslie Jordan Garcia

1:30pm to 2:00pm

friday, july 18, 2025

3:45pm to 4:45pm

Break & Visit Sponsor Booths

3:30pm to 3:45pm

Internal Family Systems therapy: a Liberatory Approach to Eating Disorder Treatment

2:30pm to 3:30pm

Break & Visit Sponsor Booths

2:15pm to 2:30pm

Considerations to Increase Cultural Competency Within Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Eating Disorders in Asian-Americans with ADHD: Clinical Implications and Case Study

1:15pm to 2:15pm

Break & Movement

12:45pm to 1:15pm

with Janice Hey Yin Chow, MS, RD (she/her/她/佢) & Ivory Hong Loh, MPH, RDN, cPT (she/her/她)

Lunch & Understanding the East Asian Eating Disorder Landscape: Implications for Clinicians Working with API/AAPI Clients

11:45am to 12:45pm

Break & Visit Sponsor Booths

11:30am to 11:45am

with Norman Kim, PhD (he/him)

Dismantling Whiteness in Eating Disorders: Navigating Towards Culturally Responsive Practice

10:30am to 11:30am

Break & Visit Sponsor Booths

10:00am to 10:30am

with Kimmie Singh, MS, RD, CDN (she/her)

Meeting at the Crossroads: Examining Racism in Fat Liberation Spaces and How it Impacts Eating Disorder Treatment

9:00am to 10:00am

Co-Founders of the BIPoC Eating Disorders Conference

with Whitney Trotter, MS, RDN/LD, RN, RYT (she/her) and Angela Goens, MS, RDN, LD (she/her)

Welcome - Day Two

8:30am to 9:00am

All times are listed in Central Standard Time.

with Jocelyn Lam, MA, LMFT (she/they)

with Mimosa Collins, RD, CD (she/her)

with Sheba Antony, LMHC, LPC, CCMHC, NCC (she/her) & Elizabeth “Izzy” Madaelil, LMSW (she/her) 

saturday, july 19, 2025

Break & Visit Sponsor Booths

3:15pm to 3:45pm

2:15pm to 3:15pm

Break & Visit Sponsor Booths

2:00pm to 2:15pm

White Supremacy was the Culprit for My Eating Disorder: Examining the Unique Intersection of Multiracial Identity and Eating Disorders

When Body Trends Change and How do we Respond?

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Break & Yoga Meditation with Dr. Erikka Taylor

12:45pm to 1:00pm

with Malak Saddy, RD, LD/N (she/her), Neathery Falchuk, LCSW-S, CGP (they/them), Natalie Katz, RD (she/her), & Serena Nangia (she/her)

Lunch & Unpacking White-Passing Privilege: Navigating Identity, Visibility, and Responsibility in BIPOC Eating Disorder Recovery

11:30am to 12:45pm

Break & Visit Sponsor Booths

11:15am to 11:30am

Compassion Without Depletion: A Practical Approach to BIPOC Provider Wellness

10:15am to 11:15am

Break & Visit Sponsor Booths

10:00am to 10:15am

with Leslie Jordan Garcia MPH, CEDS (she/her) & Kanoelani Patterson, MSW, LCSW (she/her) 

The Double Standard of Care in Eating Disorder Treatment: The Lived Experience of Black and Fat Bodies

9:00am to 10:00am

Co-Founders of the BIPoC Eating Disorders Conference

with Whitney Trotter, MS, RDN/LD, RN, RYT (she/her) and
Angela Goens, MS, RDN, LD (she/her)

Welcome - Day Three

8:30am to 9:00am

All times are listed in Central Standard Time.

with Sehrish Ali, PhD, LPC, CEDS (she/her) and Christyna Johnson, MS, RD, LDN (she/her)

3:45pm to 5:00pm

with Monte Nido Speaker Kira Denney, MS, LCPC-S, LMHC, LPC, NDD (she/her)

The Body as a Spiritual Home: Navigating Spiritual Harm and Spiritual Care in Eating Disorder Recovery

with Rev. Syd Yang, MDiv, MA, CPC, Certified Movement Chaplain (they/them)

with Allyson Inez Ford, MA, LPCC (she/her)

Notes on the Schedule

This schedule is subject to change. All presentations are continuing education eligible, but you must attend the session LIVE for at least 85% of the session. Recordings of all presentations will be available through December 31, 2025, unless otherwise noted. CEs will not be provided for the recordings.

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